MAYOR BRANDON JOHNSON IS PROMISING CONSEQUENCES AFTER A VIOLENT HOLIDAY WEEKEND IN CHICAGO.

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE WERE SHOT AND 19 WERE KILLED ACROSS THE CITY.

IT MARKS A SIGNIFICANT JUMP OVER THE SAME WEEKEND LAST YEAR WHEN 11 PEOPLE WERE FATALLY SHOT.

THE MAYOR AND CHICAGO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY CALLING FOR ACCOUNTABILITY.

THIS IS ENOUGH.

WE NEED TO ENSURE THAT WE'RE HOLDING EVERY SINGLE INDIVIDUAL ACCOUNTABLE FOR THE PAIN AND TRAUMA AND THE TORMENT THAT THEY'VE CAUSED IN THIS CITY.

THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES.

THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES FOR THE VIOLENCE.

WILL NOT LET CRIMINAL ACTIVITY RULING AND HARM OUR CITY.

WBTW NEWS REPORTER MATT MASTERSON JOINS US NOW.

MATT, WHAT WERE SOME OF THE TAKEAWAYS FROM TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE?

THE MAYOR SPOKE ABOUT HOW THIS VIOLENCE STRUCK HIM ON A PERSONAL PERSONAL LEVEL.

HE SAID HE WAS HEARTBROKEN BY WHAT HAPPENED.

AND AS WE HEARD, HE CALLED FOR CONSEQUENCES FOR THOSE WHO HE SAID WERE MAKING THE CHOICE TO FIRE THESE WEAPONS AND ENDANGER PEOPLE OR KILL PEOPLE AROUND THEM.

HE SAID LAST MONTH HE CALLED ON HIS FEDERAL PARTNERS FOR MORE ADDITIONAL FUNDING AND TO RESPOND TO MASS SHOOTINGS IN CHICAGO.

THE WAY THAT FEDERAL PARTNERS RESPOND TO THEM AND OTHER PLACES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

HE SAID THE CITY NEEDS ADDITIONAL FUNDING TO ADDRESS THE ROOT CAUSES OF VIOLENCE AND DECRIED THE FACT THAT IT CONTINUES TO BE FAR TOO EASY TO ACCESS.

LEGAL WEAPONS IN CHICAGO WANTS TO SEE MORE WORK DONE AT THE STATE LEVEL AND AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL TO HELP KEEP THOSE WEAPONS OUT OF THE CITY.

DID OFFICIALS SAY WHETHER ANY POLICING ADJUSTMENTS WERE MADE OVER THE COURSE OF THE WEEKEND?

YEAH.

SO POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNELLING SAID HIS DEPARTMENT HAS TO BE FLEXIBLE.

TALKED ABOUT THIS A LOT OVER LARGE SCALE WEEKENDS LIKE THIS IN THE PAST, BUT THEY NEED TO BE FLEXIBLE AS CRIME PATTERNS CHANGING SHIFT EVEN THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF A SINGLE DAY.

SO IF THERE'S A SHOOTING OR MASS SHOOTING IN AN AREA WHERE OFFICERS SENT TO THEIR TO PROCESS THE SCENE HANDLE VICTIMS AND ALSO PREVENT RETALIATORY VIOLENCE.

THAT COULD HAPPEN LATER ON.

AS FOR RESOURCES.

THE CPD TOMORROW AND TUESDAY IS HOSTING EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE CENTER ON SOUTH RACINE FOR TO PROVIDE THEM WITH ASSISTANCE SERVICES SERVICES, NOT ONLY FOR VICTIMS OF CRIMES FROM THIS PAST WEEKEND OR THIS YEAR, BUT ANYONE IN THE PAST WAS EVER NEEDED THE SORT OF RESOURCE IN THE PAST CAN GO AND GET THOSE TOMORROW.

SO AT TODAY'S NEWS CONFERENCE, POLICE SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNOW AND COLD ON COMMUNITY MEMBERS WHO MAY HAVE INFORMATION ABOUT THE SHOOTINGS TO COME FORWARD.

WE NEED EVERY SINGLE PERSON TO STEP UP.

PLEASE GIVE US INFORMATION.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, MOST OF THE CASES WHERE WE'VE BEEN TO SOLVE FAIRLY QUICKLY IS BECAUSE WE'VE HAD OUTREACH FROM THE COMMUNITY.

AND ADDITIONALLY, MADAM, MAYOR JOHNSON, GIVE ANY AT TODAY'S EVENT ABOUT WHETHER HE'S RECONSIDERING GETTING RID OF THE GUNSHOT DETECTION TECHNOLOGY, SHOTSPOTTER CITIES NOT HAVING ANY SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT, OF COURSE THE CITY IS SET DO SHOT SPOTTER IN SEPTEMBER AFTER THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION.

BUT THE TECHNOLOGY WAS CITED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT OVER THIS WEEKEND IS ACTUALLY HAVING ALERTED THEM TO SOME OF THESE FATAL SHOOTINGS.

AND AS WE KNOW, SOME ALL THE PERSONS IN THE CITY OF PUSH TO KEEP KEEP THIS TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR OWN WORDS.

MAYOR JOHNSON SAID THAT THE VIOLENCE OVER THIS WEEKEND HAS NOT SWAYED TO CHANGE HIS MIND ON THAT FRONT.

SO WE'RE ABOUT 6 WEEKS AWAY FROM THE DNC IN CHICAGO, AS HE MENTIONED IN OFFICIAL SHOW ANY OVER THE POLICE'S ABILITY TO HANDLE THESE LARGE SCALE EVENTS IN THE WAKE OF THIS WEEKEND'S RIGHT THEY DID NOT.

SUPERINTENDENT LARRY SNOWING AGAIN SAID THAT THE VIOLENCE OVER THE WEEKEND WASN'T A POLICE ISSUE OR PREPARATION ISSUE.

BUT MORE OF A SOCIETAL ISSUE AGAIN POINTING TO IT.

MAYOR JOHNSON HAD SAID ABOUT A LACK OF RESOURCES OR THE EASE OF FIRED ILLEGAL FIREARMS IN THE CITY.

OFFICERS IN CHICAGO PREPARE BEEN PREPARING FOR MONTHS AND FOR MASS PROTESTS TO MASS GATHERINGS THAT ARE GOING TO BE SPECIFIC TO THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT DOESN'T BELIEVE THAT ANYTHING THAT HAPPENED OVER THIS PAST WEEKEND IS REALLY GOING TO AFFECT THEM OR CHANGE THEIR PLANS GOING FORWARD FOR DNC WHEN IT COMES HERE NEXT MONTH, OK?

AND THAT'S JUST SOMETHING